How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down

I thank John Hunt and André Martens for sharing their knowledge of bribery, and Leah Brooks and Daniel Parent for giving comments on an earlier draft. I am grateful to the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada for providing financial support; to John van Kesteren and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute for providing me with the ICVS data; and to the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informacion for making available the ENAHO data. I am also affiliated with the CEPR, IZA, and DIW-Berlin.